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cbs' chip reid is in ocean city covering the storm. he and his camera crew were taken out by a rogue wave. we're told everybody is okay and they were able to save the camera, too, but when bruce johnson and kristin fisher and all our other colleagues out by the beach talk about the significance and the power of that storm and how quickly it can take you, you could see by that video it illustrates that point. >> feet and feet above the other waves. >>> let's talk about power outages which have been going up and up. russ ptacek is checking those us for us with the different utilities. >> just since i last spoke to you, 40,000 more outages. on twitter you'll see these numbers that came out about five minutes ago, 138,000 now without power. bge reporting 66,000, pepco 20,000, dominion -- this is the biggest change -- 43,000 dominion customers without power, novak 1,649, smeco 4,326 and rappahannock about 3,000. let's look at dominion. that is the biggest change. those numbers may have doubled since we last spoke. here is one, this big inte
cbs' chip reid is in ocean city covering the storm. he and his camera crew were taken out by a rogue wave. we're told everybody is okay and they were able to save the camera, too, but when bruce johnson and kristin fisher and all our other colleagues out by the beach talk about the significance and the power of that storm and how quickly it can take you, you could see by that video it illustrates that point. >> feet and feet above the other waves. >>> let's talk about power...
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today marked the launch of the my taxi service in the city and you use it on your phone. here's how it works. drivers can sign up to take part in the service. once you sign in to say you need a cab it uses gps to find the closest one to you and sends it your way. at the end of the ride you can pay using paypal or a preloaded credit card on your account. to learn more go to our website www.wusa9.com. >>> white is topping the list of most popular car colors this year. the annual survey by an automotive paint supplier finds that 22% of the cars and trucks built for model year 2012 have white paint. silver vehicles account for 20%. black, gray and red round out the top five. > a woman dying of cancer is hoping her story about the tsa prevents other people from going through the same thing. michelle denage has leukemia and packs a lot of prescription drugs for what she's calling her end of life trip to hawaii. she went through security in seattle last week and then she said everything nt wrong. a machine couldn't get a read on one of her saline bags and an agent contaminated i
today marked the launch of the my taxi service in the city and you use it on your phone. here's how it works. drivers can sign up to take part in the service. once you sign in to say you need a cab it uses gps to find the closest one to you and sends it your way. at the end of the ride you can pay using paypal or a preloaded credit card on your account. to learn more go to our website www.wusa9.com. >>> white is topping the list of most popular car colors this year. the annual survey...
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what is the city doing about all this? i'll have that story coming up. >>> breaking news out of spotsylvania county where sky 9 is over a deadly accident. that amtrak train. it happened near the intersection of mine road and benchmark road. we don't know yet the person's sex or age, but we are continuing to watch this and we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it into the newsroom. >> 35,000, that's how many people are out of work just in the district. and mayor gray says small businesses can help bring that number down. >> that is if they get a fair share of the billion spent on construction projects now underway in the city. bruce johnson reports, part of the problem is corruption. >> the district nearly $1 billion city centered development is going up in downtown. >> there will be mixed income housing, retail, hotel. >> and mayor vincent gray chose the site to announce the small local businesses are getting a big piece of the action. >> we believe by the time this is finished, they will have experienced $195
what is the city doing about all this? i'll have that story coming up. >>> breaking news out of spotsylvania county where sky 9 is over a deadly accident. that amtrak train. it happened near the intersection of mine road and benchmark road. we don't know yet the person's sex or age, but we are continuing to watch this and we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it into the newsroom. >> 35,000, that's how many people are out of work just in the district. and mayor gray...
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. >>> right now, people are starting to file into san francisco city hall. they will attend the memorial in honor of the am ambassador to stevens. gunmen attacked the u.s. mission. stevens grew up in the san francisco area and graduated from berkeley before joining the foreign service. >>> and secretary of state, hillary clinton, says she takes full responsibility for any security lapses that contributed to the deadly attack. republicans on capitol hill have been criticizing the white house for the handling of security. clinton addresses that criticism saying the president and vice president are not involved in those security matters. >> i take responsibility. i'm in charge of the state department's 60,000 plus people all over the world, 275 posts. the president and vice president wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals. >> clinton says with the presidential election just weeks away, she does not want the incident to become quote, some kind of political blame game. >>> metro officially notified congress that
. >>> right now, people are starting to file into san francisco city hall. they will attend the memorial in honor of the am ambassador to stevens. gunmen attacked the u.s. mission. stevens grew up in the san francisco area and graduated from berkeley before joining the foreign service. >>> and secretary of state, hillary clinton, says she takes full responsibility for any security lapses that contributed to the deadly attack. republicans on capitol hill have been criticizing...
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-- for getting tickets in the city, the 10-mile stretch of 295 between d.c. here and the maryland line that way. this speed camera, the one back there generated $16 million this year alone for the city's coffers. the city has collected 84 plus million dollars this year alone with these cameras. >> technically i just think it's a tax. >> reporter: the mayor and police chief say it's about safety, but the d.c. council is now considering a bill to lower the fines for most speeding tickets to a maximum $50. bruce johnson, 9news. >>> the woman accused of taking police on that wild chase yesterday morning had just been released it turned out from a psychiatric facility last friday. all this is according to the prosecutors. police say they started tracking 27-year-old angela cobble when she was clocked going 93 miles an hour on i-66. then she was spotted eating a bar of soap while driving up to the walter reed medical center. she smashed into a car, then tried to run down an officer. cobble was arrested a few minutes later after smashing into a fence. >> a danger to
-- for getting tickets in the city, the 10-mile stretch of 295 between d.c. here and the maryland line that way. this speed camera, the one back there generated $16 million this year alone for the city's coffers. the city has collected 84 plus million dollars this year alone with these cameras. >> technically i just think it's a tax. >> reporter: the mayor and police chief say it's about safety, but the d.c. council is now considering a bill to lower the fines for most speeding...
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>>> well, can a new york city style ban on the sugar y drinks affect the district? during an at large debate two current members would vote to ban the sales of sugary sodas that are bigger than 16 ounces. even though no bill is being pushed, it has essential -- >> this isn't right. just because new york did it doesn't mean we have to do it. >> i think you can do a lot more with education on this issue. >> wtop also reports several other council members would favor the bill or take it into consideration. >> still to come tonight, you think you are living in tight quarters. wait until you see the narrowest house in the world. ? >>> dc councilman michael brown getting a run for his mon in 2012. first time candidate is within striking distance in what has become the hottest and most con treos veer shall race in the office. >>> michael brown had once been a candidate for mayor and now he is fighting off a serious challenge to his seat. >> he is not effective and can't do the full-time work. >> attorney david groso is trying to unseed brown. >> my main priority on the cou
>>> well, can a new york city style ban on the sugar y drinks affect the district? during an at large debate two current members would vote to ban the sales of sugary sodas that are bigger than 16 ounces. even though no bill is being pushed, it has essential -- >> this isn't right. just because new york did it doesn't mean we have to do it. >> i think you can do a lot more with education on this issue. >> wtop also reports several other council members would favor the...
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scenario two, making landfall around new york city or a bit north, winds 15 to 25 miles per hour for us, probably no flooding, just rain and showers. scenario two, getting closer to us in between atlantic city and new york, winds 20 to 40 miles per hour and probably an inch or so of rain. heavy bands of rain will stay north of us. any time the system makes landfall the highested with uns are always just to the north -- highest winds are always just to the northeast where it crosses land. scenario four not so good. it comes into the delmarva into southeast p.a. and northeast maryland. now we have winds 40 to 70 miles an hour and rainfall up to 8 inches. that will building the worst case scenario. there are still plenty of models that have it doing something between scenario four and three. we'll keep you posted. it's only friday and it is kind of an evolving system. the reason why hurricanes are so hard to track is there's very little in terms of the steering currents. in the fall and summer it's not so strong. we have to watch it and see if it makes this extreme left turn as we get i
scenario two, making landfall around new york city or a bit north, winds 15 to 25 miles per hour for us, probably no flooding, just rain and showers. scenario two, getting closer to us in between atlantic city and new york, winds 20 to 40 miles per hour and probably an inch or so of rain. heavy bands of rain will stay north of us. any time the system makes landfall the highested with uns are always just to the north -- highest winds are always just to the northeast where it crosses land....
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right now we're at ocean city another new jersey town here on the shore. you can see their boardwalk is damaged also but not as bad as the others we have seen and police here are allowing the people to come inspect the boardwalk and look their beach and look at the damage that sandy has done here in this small town. like all of the over towns along the -- other towns along the shore here, no power, no cell phone service. flooding, flooded basements, we saw a lot of pumps generators triting to get the pat -- trying to get the water out. a lot of people bringing out furniture and clothes and putting them on the curb, these are things that have been destroyed they won't get back. some lives have been changed to some extent here. one other thing because this could be very serious. woman comes up to us and she says you know because there's no power, there's no gas. the gas stations are not open along with a lot of other businesses but you know last night we told you about long lines of people waiting to get gas, stations are not open and she's saying she would
right now we're at ocean city another new jersey town here on the shore. you can see their boardwalk is damaged also but not as bad as the others we have seen and police here are allowing the people to come inspect the boardwalk and look their beach and look at the damage that sandy has done here in this small town. like all of the over towns along the -- other towns along the shore here, no power, no cell phone service. flooding, flooded basements, we saw a lot of pumps generators triting to...
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with 12,000 subsidized housing views in the city, well, you do the math. the estimate to that is that they will wait about 20 years. and that is why the city had plan to close that waiting list for you by the end of this year. the housing authority said that maintaining the list is just an exercise for you in utility. >>> maryland is acing among the most endangered republican congressman in the nation. the democrats in annapolis, they redrew their district adding a whole lot of democrats. they report that the l 6-year- old is now also facing the well- funded opponent. >> if you are familiar with it all. >> reporter: he might be the only member of congress with the survival cabinet in the west virginia woods. >> and you are planning because of the supermarket that might not always be there. >> reporter: the congressman now finds his political future threat arenned. >> reporter: a democrat with a big house just outside the potomac is running a well- financed campaign. >> people can make things up with no truth. completely false, you know, like they are not s
with 12,000 subsidized housing views in the city, well, you do the math. the estimate to that is that they will wait about 20 years. and that is why the city had plan to close that waiting list for you by the end of this year. the housing authority said that maintaining the list is just an exercise for you in utility. >>> maryland is acing among the most endangered republican congressman in the nation. the democrats in annapolis, they redrew their district adding a whole lot of...
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charles turner was last seen in ellicott city around 9:30 last night. look at this picture a moment on the left side of your scene. he was driving a 2005 light green lexus suv. we have the maryland plate dv348 works light green lexus. police say he has dementia and does not usually drive at night. if you've seen charles turner or his car, please call police in howard county. >>> tomorrow we should get a better sense how much more money people living on social security will get next year, but all early indications are there won't be a big benefit increase. preliminary figures from the government estimate the cost of living adjustment will be between 1 and 2%. >>> just one day ahead of their second debate a new poll is giving mitt romney edge over president obama in a dozen key swing states. that poll has a margin of error four to six points essentially making it a dead heat, danielle nottingham with a closer look at efforts to get out the vote in virginia. >> reporter: virginia democrat lizy shy is working to get president obama reelected one door at a t
charles turner was last seen in ellicott city around 9:30 last night. look at this picture a moment on the left side of your scene. he was driving a 2005 light green lexus suv. we have the maryland plate dv348 works light green lexus. police say he has dementia and does not usually drive at night. if you've seen charles turner or his car, please call police in howard county. >>> tomorrow we should get a better sense how much more money people living on social security will get next...
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the city is mostly abandoned now. the convicted scientists have been given time to appeal. >>> coming up on 9news, a female jogger attacked on one of the area's most popular recreation trails. we'll tell you more just ahead. >> a restraining order did not protect a wisconsin woman and two others who were killed by her angry husband. why aren't court orders more effective in protecting women? we'll look at that tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> prince george's county police hope a new clue will help them crack an old case. it's been more than a month since marckel ross was gunned done on his way to school in capitol heights. police are looking for a person that was robbed the same day that ross was murdered. the robbery was not reported. ross was shot and killed september 11 along central avenue. >>> a terrible story now out of brooklyn, new york has taken a chilling turn with a possible link to the d.c. sniper case o. saturday vindalee smith, a 38- year-old woman who was supposed to be married on sunday was found s
the city is mostly abandoned now. the convicted scientists have been given time to appeal. >>> coming up on 9news, a female jogger attacked on one of the area's most popular recreation trails. we'll tell you more just ahead. >> a restraining order did not protect a wisconsin woman and two others who were killed by her angry husband. why aren't court orders more effective in protecting women? we'll look at that tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> prince george's county...
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. >> it means a lot for this city, this organization, the guys that have been here and played their whole career. >> now to reality. the nationals have a lot of work to do. currently they are 10-17. their next possible opponent could be san francisco, st. louis, or atlanta. >> you know, we want to get deep in the playoffs. we want to have three more of these and at the end of the day, that trophy. we have a lot of tough games ahead of us, but this is quite an accomplishment. i'm glad the guys can go through it. >> bryce harper got a much deserved recognition today. this is the second time he won this award. the first was back in may. the redskins, you know, hoping for their own celebration sometime soon, is enjoying their day off. they have an extremely tough matchup this weekend. a chance to turn their luck around at home. now rg3, of course, has been impressive throughout the season and after giving his team a chance to win for the second straight week, his teammates are singing his praises. >> i'm looking at going out here and get better. so when something breaks down, he's going to ma
. >> it means a lot for this city, this organization, the guys that have been here and played their whole career. >> now to reality. the nationals have a lot of work to do. currently they are 10-17. their next possible opponent could be san francisco, st. louis, or atlanta. >> you know, we want to get deep in the playoffs. we want to have three more of these and at the end of the day, that trophy. we have a lot of tough games ahead of us, but this is quite an accomplishment....
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. >> tonight, nats fans are feeling their own frustrations ahead of the city's first post season baseball game in 79 years. >> i'm matt jablow where people were hoping to buy tickets. some fans unable to attend tomorrow's 1:00 game. >> absolutely. >> after the announcement to major league baseball, which came yesterday afternoon. >> very difficult because he is waiting day by day. >> that tomorrow's game would start at 1:00. >> i wish it was at night. >> thousands of fans with tickets to the game have had to either give up their tickets or figure out a way to leave work. >> is there anything available for tomorrow? >> mike who owns his own electrical supply company is now hoping to buy tickets from an unlucky person unable to attend tomorrow's game. >> can you check your other box office? >> he observes that were it not all by required, the yank keys play their games in prime time, it's likely the nationals would have been able to play at night and this entire problem could have been avoided. >> after we get into the playoffs for several years to come, we'll be right there in prime time a
. >> tonight, nats fans are feeling their own frustrations ahead of the city's first post season baseball game in 79 years. >> i'm matt jablow where people were hoping to buy tickets. some fans unable to attend tomorrow's 1:00 game. >> absolutely. >> after the announcement to major league baseball, which came yesterday afternoon. >> very difficult because he is waiting day by day. >> that tomorrow's game would start at 1:00. >> i wish it was at night....
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. >> reporter: the fans, owners, city officials, business community, just about everybody are still waiting for the economic renaissance, the kind that followed the verizon center's construction in the heart of china town. >> you know what happened. the stadium got built. the market crashed and nothing got developed. >> reporter: in today's money this is a $660 million ballpark, one of the best in the business. they broke ground here in march of 2006. two years later they had opening day here. what's missing still are businesses to fill all of those vacant lots over there, bars, restaurants, hotels, housing units. >> we're still very optimistic. it's a timing issue. >> reporter: local lawyer mark towie led the team that negotiated baseball's return to washington and then the construction of nationals park. >> the situation the economy has been in the last few years where construction financing has not been as available, but i'm told by a number of developers it's coming very quickly now in the next few years and with it, by the way, the all-star game. >> reporter: bruce johnson, 9news. >> r
. >> reporter: the fans, owners, city officials, business community, just about everybody are still waiting for the economic renaissance, the kind that followed the verizon center's construction in the heart of china town. >> you know what happened. the stadium got built. the market crashed and nothing got developed. >> reporter: in today's money this is a $660 million ballpark, one of the best in the business. they broke ground here in march of 2006. two years later they had...
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that special homecoming dance is this friday at the brunswick city park from 8:00 until 11:00. >>> almost a full year after the jerry sandusky scandal erupted, the coach will learn how much time he is going to spend behind bars. andrea mccarren is live in bellefonte, pennsylvania, where sandusky gets his sentencing tomorrow. andrea. >> derek, tonight we know that jerry sandusky is expected to testify in court tomorrow and so are as many as six of his ten victims. >> how do you feel? >> although the 68-year-old sandusky did not testify at his june trial, he is expected to speak at his sentencing tearing tomorrow. >> i anticipate he's going to say he is innocent and he wants to repeal his trial and work on getting a new trial. >> in' sandusky's own lawyers are predicting a harsh sentence. >> a 30 year sentence if i had to guess, given all the mandatories that apply. >> the former penn state coaching legend and founder of the second mile charity for at risk children faces a minimum of ten years in prison and a maximum of more than 218 years. his lawyer met with sandusky two hours ago. >> he'
that special homecoming dance is this friday at the brunswick city park from 8:00 until 11:00. >>> almost a full year after the jerry sandusky scandal erupted, the coach will learn how much time he is going to spend behind bars. andrea mccarren is live in bellefonte, pennsylvania, where sandusky gets his sentencing tomorrow. andrea. >> derek, tonight we know that jerry sandusky is expected to testify in court tomorrow and so are as many as six of his ten victims. >> how do...
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but, casinos in anne arundel county and ocean city took in $32 million and $5 million and those are 5% increases. expanding gambling to include table games and perhaps adding a sixth casino in prince georges county are on the ballot come november. >>> the question of legalizing same-sex marriage is on the ballot in maryland next month and weeks after one of the baltimore ravens linebackers made headlines with his support of that referendum, another player is speaking out against it. >> i'm ravens center, marriage is not easy. but it has lasted throughout the ages as an honored institution because it provides unique foundation for societies and children. marriage is more than what adults want for themselves. it's also about the next generation. marriage is and should remain between a man and a woman. >> that video by raven center matt burke is only being distributed online. linebacker, brendan, scheduled to appear with governor martin o'railly at a fundraiser supporting the initiative on monday. >>> and there's new information tonight about those controversial ads. a proisrael group wan
but, casinos in anne arundel county and ocean city took in $32 million and $5 million and those are 5% increases. expanding gambling to include table games and perhaps adding a sixth casino in prince georges county are on the ballot come november. >>> the question of legalizing same-sex marriage is on the ballot in maryland next month and weeks after one of the baltimore ravens linebackers made headlines with his support of that referendum, another player is speaking out against it....
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tomorrow is the deadline to do so in the district, but at this point you can only do so in person at the city's board of elections office. the deadlines to register in maryland and virginia have already passed. we've got more on voter registrations at wusa9.com. click on campaign 2012. >>> still ahead tonight, 40 years to the day congressman acted the clean act. we'll take a look at the impact on the local rivers. >>> in 1969, the river caught fire, mainly from all the pollution in the waters. that helped spark the environmental movement that came up with the passage of the clean water act 40 years ago today. our erica road takes a look at how the local water ways have benefited since that time. >> reporter: the potomac river is an inviting spot for boating, fishing, or just taking a stroll in the d.c. area. but it was not always this way. 40 years ago when the clean water act was passed by congress, the river was in pretty rough shape. >> the potomac river here in d.c. smelled bad, looked bad as people tried to get away from it. and the president called it a national disgrace. and now it is ju
tomorrow is the deadline to do so in the district, but at this point you can only do so in person at the city's board of elections office. the deadlines to register in maryland and virginia have already passed. we've got more on voter registrations at wusa9.com. click on campaign 2012. >>> still ahead tonight, 40 years to the day congressman acted the clean act. we'll take a look at the impact on the local rivers. >>> in 1969, the river caught fire, mainly from all the...
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. >> at a five-hour event in new york city today the company gave consumers a look at windows 8 as well as its new tablet. windows 8 is designed to work on both pcs and tablets. microsoft's new tablet is called surface. it costs $599 goes on sale tomorrow. >>> you have questions, we have answers. meteorologist topper shutt and erica grow respond to your concerns about sandy and a possible super storm next. >>> we are tracking sandy now, a category 2 storm, maximum winds 105 miles per hour, wind gusts 125. she's raking the bahamas right now. she's turning northeast a little as we get into friday afternoon, goes down to a category 1, probably 85 mile- per-hour winds and then it parallels the southeast coast which is great news, really great news for florida quite frankly and for north and south carolina as well. this is saturday afternoon. it's well off the south carolina and georgia coast. we'll put it back into motion now. we're looking at the storm beginning to turn to the north and west and this is the problem as we get into tuesday of next week. this is tuesday afternoon. even though
. >> at a five-hour event in new york city today the company gave consumers a look at windows 8 as well as its new tablet. windows 8 is designed to work on both pcs and tablets. microsoft's new tablet is called surface. it costs $599 goes on sale tomorrow. >>> you have questions, we have answers. meteorologist topper shutt and erica grow respond to your concerns about sandy and a possible super storm next. >>> we are tracking sandy now, a category 2 storm, maximum winds...